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Pakistan: No-confidence motion on March 3 | Imran Khan

ISLAMABAD: Home Minister Sheikh Rashid has said a no-confidence motion against Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan will be put to a vote on April 3. The no-confidence motion, which was tabled in the National Assembly on Monday, will begin debate tomorrow and will be put to a vote on Sunday. He said all the parties that defected from the ruling party would return and the Imran government would overcome the mistrust. The minister said the security forces had arrested four terrorists in a timely manner and a major tragedy had been averted in the city.

The ruling coalition had staged a show of force in the city on Sunday and the joint opposition coalition on Monday. Leaders of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), an alliance of the main opposition parties, vowed to topple the government at the rally. The PML (Q), which withdrew its support for the Imran government, has said it will support Punjab again following the removal of the chief minister. Imran’s PTI has 155 members in the 342 – member National Assembly. It is governed with the support of 8 allies.

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